From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: [External] : Testing validity of a word Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 02:32:58 +0000 Message-ID: References: <0iMfp4ZIF6AbexWeuBv10ON9NQqnHhsYhLbUaqzCte_f2yasnqcZbnZuHiCmWYiLZP_1DdWvaWLBlX0np-1eKeg-RUeySDbv8rya570hG9M=@proton.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22606"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 26 04:33:35 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qOULH-0005hw-2q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:33:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qOUL2-0004H6-0c; Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:33:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qOUL1-0004Gl-9H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:33:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4324.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.24]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qOUKz-0008Ec-4b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:33:19 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=ozf3h5w2nzeibcof5ibq2cqfcm.protonmail; t=1690338794; x=1690597994; bh=wavFyZvoTUmJ56Zh9QNJC1+yLM4q1N7RGxscb03roiU=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=ehWheb+eoLkKq8D6WJxLpcCzjhtp0x9oCaAhCuGPlyJEE43QxGaD1OcyJEoxT4rbQ hBcVswFXE2PQ2A/uzZyuuI6iw9bn91Tr/6yf24P0EK6V6ufT/X3GYZh/Y6ronqDWLH r8ir7JigLN9GEfst/rDk6NICnMXdXeAVQoDy8tFoSSbhaSjcI9bGMpHVknHFjwA/ca P3F7iZDE8k3XLdnzDH0tf1ntg8GsWsH3b+GHCYWOo4E/ZT4pF4vezXGF2YJBQXee+z sYuutEcaBwEOhz3WT9ui4enroR2gUTlfNE6qtKAgCqqh6ThcmZYABktS37EcxGsfiz d/ZIEMoXQTsLA== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.24; envelope-from=uzibalqa@proton.me; helo=mail-4324.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:144464 Archived-At: Sent with Proton Mail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 at 1:33 PM, Drew Adams wrote: > > Is there a package in Emacs for dictionary word lookup ? >=20 >=20 > Maybe have a look at the links here, under "Dictionaries". There seem to = be a dozen or so. >=20 > https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryInterface Have taken the ispell route. But I got into the difficulty of=20 (error "Marker points into wrong buffer" #) Furthermore I am not sure whether the method is efficient. (defun is-valid-word (word) "Check if the WORD is valid using `ispell`." (let ((original-buffer (current-buffer))) (with-temp-buffer (insert word) (ispell-word) (not (eq (current-buffer) original-buffer)))))